THE PERFECT WIFE? / ¿LA ESPOSA PERFECTA?

This work is a critique of social stereotypes imposed by a patriarchal culture that for decades has sought the invisibility of women in society and has managed to naturalize abuse, discrimination and sexism.

The piece is an original appropriation of pamphlets known as “The Good Wife Guide 1953”, published in different parts of the world, with the intention of strengthening and maintaining the social role imposed on women during that time.The topics in the leaflets and in newspaper ads illustrate the central ideas of patriarchal society: The servility and the woman seen as less important therefore demonstrates an implicit violence in a society where women and their role are regarded with contempt, This guide highlights the male role and ownership of the public world, relegated private, home, parenting and emotional to a lower plane overpowered.

These everyday objects have a profound message, making transcendent beyond the visual simple and the everyday.